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no you're watching the station that works for you, abc news. >> right now he should be in consider but he is nowhere to be found. a missing baby. >> kathy lee gifford having a book signing but nothing can compare to this. you will find out why in just a couple minutes. >> it's great to get an i- tunes gift card but when you down load and found someone beat you to hundreds of sops you have been hacked. the latest scheme. >> we want to lead off. it's a heads up tonight. a 7-month-old policing from northwest baltimore. it's believed he is with his 16- year-old babysitter. >> they can't find them. >> reporter: the search has expanded beyond baltimore. investigators say the 16-year- old may be closer to the dc
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area. tonight just about every relative of the 7-month-old surrounded his mom and dad. >> he is a 7 month baby, you got him. you know where he at. >> reporter: the paper pain of a missing child. whitney wants her son back. >> how she walking through and nobody see her. she just appeared out of nowhere. she isn't just magicly appeared. >> reporter: the baby was with his father in the 11 block. lynh, arst. a 16-year-old who the father said he didn't know came to the home with a friend. charlie said he asked her to watch his son for a few minutes while he went down the street for cigarettes. >> watch him, make sure he don't put anything in his mouth. >> reporter: police have
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questioned the father. >> do i know the where abouts or am i lying and i tell them i ain't lying. republican the great grandmother said she talked to people who sought teen walk away. >> i was told she continued to walk many the block. >> reporter: as of sunday night police are still considering this a missing person's case, not a kidnapping. they don't believe the baby has been harmed but family is worried about his needs. >> baby only had a pamper on when he left. his bottle still in the home, his diaper bag. >> let her know you have your arms wrapped around her, that you are her strength. >> reporter: prayers are said and flyers given out with the hope that someone has seen this teen carrying a baby boy. >> just hope she got that -- [inaudible] >> i just want to bring my son
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back. [inaudible] and bring him back. >> reporter: and we want to put the pictures up again. the girl is 5'4'', with a blond mohawk and multiple facial piercings. if you have any information you are asked to call this information number on your event police have reached out to police in other counties, along with state police for help. cheryl connor. >> and the heat and humidity just keep oncoming out there. tonight things have finally gotten more reasonable. heat index values in the mid80's most the state but hagerstown90, lot of heat and humidity. the radar has cleared out after showers and storms doused the
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area. storms going through the annapolis area earlier this afternoon and evening. 78 the rest of the night. hot it humid but a better chance for storms and that will be the shift that we start to see that will mean mildler temperatures. >> all right. this week's extreme heat combined the transformer problem triggered the first emergency event in four years for baltimore gas electric's energy saving program. it lets the company turn off those who sign up, your ac when demand is the highest in return for savings. today they announced friday's six hour event reduced demand but some are complaining they were without ac for hours as the temperature climbed to 90 degrees inside home and the power company said some have had other problems. >> the threat was also rolling
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down in hartford. power outages are all to familiar for residents. it happened for several hours at a time. most recently from friday to saturday. its been really costly. homeowners say they have thrown out hundreds of dollars worth of food and spent a lot of money on moving out. >> it's very inconvenient for us as a family because we then have to relocate and it's to hot in the house. we are ending up going out to restaurants to eat lunch offer dinner. >> in the short term we are going to install new equipment very soon that will increase the ability to serve the customers. in the long term we have new sprocket structure that's be designed will be put in service. >> they looked in to buying generators but it's $6,500.
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. a motorcycle crash killed a 52-year-old. it happened last night. police sate victim was on a home made custom motorcycle with a group of other riders when he lost control. another rider laid down his motorcycle to avoid hitting an oncoming car . that's when the man lost control. alcohol and speed appear to be factors. >> of all places, norway the king and queen paid tributes and it's thought the chief suspect copied passages from the unabomber. >> reporter: police in norway revealed that the suspect still had glint of ammunition left when they arrested him -- plenty of ammunition left when they arrested him. this photograph shows him
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taking aim at a person apparently pleading to be spared. bodies were still being recovered today. hours before the attacks, he posted a political manifesto that rages against muslim immigration. he didn't practice what he preached. >> he immediately gave up when could to do it. >> reporter: survivors are still dazed by their brush with death. >> i could feel the warmth from the barrel. >> reporter: he has confessed to both attacks. >> he had admitted he was responsible for the bomb attack and for the killing of the people. >> reporter: his lawyer said he denies criminal responsibility. >> he thought it was horrible having to commit the acts but in his heat they were necessary. >> reporter: the deaths plunged
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norway into mourning. the king and queen led mourners who filled the pews, they both wiped away tears during what was called a service of sorrow and hope. the nation struggles to find a way back from a wilderness of grief. >> the deadline for the government to raise the debt ceiling is creeping closer. the president and top congressional leaders from both parties worked through the weekend to come up with a plan. the house speaker wanted the outlines of a plan before 4:00 p.m. eastern to send a positive message to the asian markets but the deadline came and went. he said some of the republicans will have to make sacrifices as part of the deal. . they gathered to remember to lives lost nearly ten years ago in the september 11th
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attacks. the firefighters played host to new york city firefighters even giving them a p laque. >> the hurt does not go away. they were on the frontline. they were givers. >> oers also paid tribute to cycle riders responsible for transporting the steel beam here. >> if you were told to put down your i-phone, laptop, i- pad and not touch it for 24 hours could you do it? why some say quitting online is like quitting smoking. >> then what would you do without i-tunes? guess what? somebody else may be singing a different tune if you aren't careful. >> and a 26 page book but every word grabs you. why every wants to meet this 7-
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. is this the work of arson? take a look at these shots. a fire in north hollywood. los angeles firefighters tried to but couldn't get it out in time before it void an apartment complex. it spread to a carport where it burned several cars, investigators believe it's just one of at least seven fires started in the area over this past weekend. >> hundreds of same sex couples said i do today in new york. >> i now pronounce you legally married. >> today the 6th state to legalize same sex marriage. more than 800 signed up to take their vows. it's a day many say they wait aid long time for. >> it was just so amazing. it's -- it's the only way i can describe it.
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i lost my breath and a few tears and it's -- you can't describe it. >> a number of protesters also turned out making their opinions known. >> i just hope that they would let the people vote, politicians shouldn't be the ones voting for us. we should vote for ourselves. >> while those against such marriages continue to protest officials say new york is leading the way for other states. >> if you were told you couldn't go online tomorrow, could you make it through the day? a consumer research study said you would get upset, lonely. the study even says this, giving up the web is like quitting smoking or giverring upping driving. even researchers ordered 12 colleges all round the world to give up all device including tv for a day. they were then told to keep a diary and they said it was like cold turkey, they were anxious, isolated, some even reached for
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devices that weren't there. some say the study isn't credible. if you ordered let's go crazy by prince and got felt good on my lips by tim mcgraw you know you have been hacked. hackers are after our i-tunes. john investigates how they are going after their latest target. >> reporter: millions of people have i-pods and buy their music from the i-tune store. lately a number of them have found strange purchases on their accounts. some to the tune of hundreds of dollars. seems hackers now targeting i- tunes. andy uses his i-pod to buy music all the time and was thrilled to receive an i-tunes gift card. soon after loading it he found someone else had used his card at the i-tunes store. >> couple movies, songs, apps.
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>> reporter: a hacker had broke then to his account, down loading apps to a faraway computer, he stole not just from the gift card but from his credit card. >> it was $70 on my card and plus the gift card so $80. >> reporter: debbi is also a victim of the i-tunes hacker. it happened when she opened it on a chicago hotel's free network. >> i had brought my i-pod and plugged in, hughes the hotel's wifi. >> reporter: the hearing got movies and apps to the tune of. >> almost 300. >> reporter: the $300 came out of the debit card. online blogs are filled with similar complaints about i- tunes accounts hacked. apple's own message board house thousands of views on this topic. apple is not issued any public comment but tech websites have
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suggestions. enlivening a credit card to the account, never a debit card, set your i-tunes so have you to log there with a password, don't open the account on free public wifi and check for unusual activity if you use a gift card. it appears some may be compromised. andy and debbi would like to see official resolution. >> it would be nice if they can resolve the problem they are having. >> reporter: if you find anything suspicious with your account, the first thing to do is change the password onto account. that will keep the scammer from getting back in. then contact your credit or debit card issuer or pay pal and report it as fraud. don't use a debit card with i- tunes so you don't waste your money. >> now, maryland's most powerful radar, and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate.
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>> steamy night. another hot day. didn't get to record highs today. jamie likes that. we are like three degrees away. the last time we hit it, 80 degrees, right now out at the airport. hotter downtown and no wind to speak of, humidity around 80%. last time we broke the record or tied it was last summer. this same day. 101. we have been here before and recently. today 98, still a solid ten degrees above average. baltimore looking north over the inner harbor. very humid out there. once again, tough to see sunset here and if -- a few storm clouds, we haven't seen a lot but the few we did see, more on the eastern shore and a couple passing by. quiet now, one storm and shower weakening over the eastern area. we could see still see pop up activity over the next couple hours, there is a little cluster coming in out of louis
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town, pa headed south. may end up in northern baltimore, hartford, like two hours, we will see if that happens. most of the storms have been weakening and nothing around baltimore. 80 is the current temperature. i think we will see temperatures maybe down to 73, 74, once you get to these numbers it's 100% humidity and the temperature can't fall anymore. make itself feel 90. there are storms firing, virginia, north carolina, virginia beach getting soaked right now. more weather brewing to the west. that's a good thing indicating some mildler air building into the upper plain states. it's not going to make a huge difference but it'll break down the heat ridge. this isn't the same bubble of air that was killing us friday and saturday but it's impressive. another hot, sticky day. today we were tied for the
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hottest city in the east with charlotte north carolina but we were way hotter than atlanta, jackson mississippi, places like that we were hotter. future caster showing basically the chance for pop up showers, storms any time after lunch. here is that cool front. it's to bad it'll loose a lot of punch. it'll arrive monday night to tuesday but still close to 90 tuesday, wednesday and thursday. this not like the upper 90's. overnight staying steamy. 78, here we go again. few isolated storms possible. tomorrow midday a different story. good bet into the an. lot of these, like,ly to linger into the english evening, heat index near 100. at least no heat warnings or advice iing tomorrow and then after that boundary comes through, that should drop us into the low 90s, tuesday, wednesday, i wish i could say keep dropping, looks like we will reverse that, another heat ridge will start to build in friday, saturday and sunday. of course that will mark the
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first weekend of august and so late july, early august, if -- you know we don't expect things to be chilly. >> right. right. >> it's impressive we were tying. >> it was. >> hotter than mississippi. >> so excited. >> all right. thank you. situation tomorrow his accuser, is speaking out. the former head of the ims has pled not guilty and did expected to reject a plea deal that he forced a hotel worker to preform sex on him. she spoke to robin roberts. you can see that tomorrow. >> up next. you will meet a 7-year-old who is already a published author. he has sold hundreds of copies of his book. you won't believe what he is writing about and why. >> hopefully players will write their names down on new
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. just seven and already a author but there is a purpose. he has epilepsy and needs a service dog. this he hope his book will raise enough money to fund a service dog. with a line out the door for this book signing. >> all children. >> how are you?
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>> you would think a famous author was inside but it's 7- year-old evan author of a 26 book called my seizure dog. he even illustrated it. it's his take on what the dog will do. >> it'll eat pizza with me. if i ever go to outer space the dog will come too. >> reporter: more importantly he knows the dog will alert his family when he is having a life threatening seizure. >> give us an extra pair of eyes. . >> reporter: they need $13,000 to get a dog. one who is trained by a group called father paws for ability to meet his owner's need. in this dog's case his owner -- doesn't speak. >> he has let us go places we could never go before. >> reporter: evan who once had 3 to 400 seizures a month has
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much fewer and but much stronger seizures . >> the dog will -- give him a little bit of independence there that. >> reporter: with hundreds turning out to help them achieve the goal they are both speechless. >> i talk a lot. i'm not speechless. >> reporter: and emotional. >> most of the people have been a part of the seven years we have been -- dealing with this. >> reporter: a lot of people we know but the majority of them we have never met. >> that's something else. >> the family has raised about $4,000. they have sold out of the books and took several hundred preorders. >> you can get it online at amazon.com. it's great to see robbie alomar and the former gm go this to the hall of fame and it was great to see brooksy was there, you see i'm living in the past. i don't want to talk about what
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we saw. >> here is the current. >> orioles lost to the angels. don't you wish we had a 19-year- old stud lidge the anxious else do? nicaragua is hot -- jeremy guthrie, now 4-14 on the year, orioles hit the road to toronto. the 19-year-old stud, 19. the nfl players and executive committee. they are all in washington tonight -- positive expected tomorrow. if the committee votes yes it'll have to be voted on by the players and that means the union has to be put back together. the ravens will sign players, we will go to camp by the etched of the week. we will have football. >> we can forget about baseball then. >> not already. >> not even december. it's snowing in texas. we should have led with that. >> that's right. they are using the white stuff to make the 98-degree temperature seem more bearable. we will show you how they are
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. it may have been 98 degrees but that didn't stop us from chilling automatic the zoo and the crowd was covered with -- the ground was covered with -- it was a big hit with the kids. >> they weren't the only ones loving it. the monkeys also got into action with the snowman at their side and ice pops to keep them cool. the snow was also a hit, right there with that big guy.
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chilling, look at that. >> snow comes for monkeys. >> good. >> we -- back in the mid90's tomorrow. about as humid as houston texas normally is. then, throughout the -- we get a slight break-in here, tuesday, wednesday, slight break. going to be 90 still. >> all the same once it's over 90. >> i -- i haven't stopped sweating since last month. >> june 12th. >> have a good night. [ male announcer ] your favorite show is on or the game or there's an emergency and you need to know so you turn on your local tv and it's gone. right now, congressional action may threaten the local tv you rely on. millions could lose access to free local news. others could lose their hd unless congress protects local tv. tell congress: protect local tv.
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